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Low-dose Aspirin Shown To Reduce Risk Of First Stroke In Women
In a long-awaited clinical trial conducted among nearly 40,000 initially healthy middle-aged American women, regular use of low-dose aspirin over a 10-year period was found to reduce the risk of stroke 17 percent. However, among the same population, researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) also found that low-dose aspirin did not benefit most women in terms of preventing first heart attacks or cardiac deaths. Most Chronic Hepatitis C Sufferers Will Develop Cirrhosis In Later Lif
Nearly 80 percent of chronic hepatitis C sufferers who have the disease for several decades will develop cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease later in life, according to a study published today in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers found that it is highly likely that people who are infected with hepatitis C (HCV) for more than 60 years will develop cirrhosis -- the highest rate of hepatitis C-associated cirrhosis reported to date. Feds Want Telco Spy Suits Halted
Pressing a judge to stop suits against top telecoms, the government cites national security. Plaintiffs argue everybody knows the government spies on Americans, so suits should carry on. In 27B Stroke 6. How Flowers Form: New Insight
Flowers of higher plants are built in a similar pattern: their outermost whorl is composed of sepals, which protect the young bud, thereafter comes a whorl of often colorful petals attracting insect pollinators, followed by a whorl of stamens with pollen sacks and the innermost whorl holds carpels, which later give rise to the fruit and seeds. Scientists investigated a mutant of snapdragon where stamens form instead of petals. For Sale: Every Newton Ever Made
The Newton Museum is closing, and everything's gotta go. Plus:IPod tops Google's shopping search list. From Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. Cassini's Photo Album From A Season Of Icy Moons
Wrapping-up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, and Iapetus. Several new images of Rhea, a moon measuring 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across, were taken during Cassini's most recent close flyby on November 26. During the encounter, Cassini dipped to within 500 kilometers (310 miles) of Rhea's surface. Chandra Finds Evidence For Swarm Of Black Holes Near The Galactic Cent
A swarm of 10,000 or more black holes may be orbiting the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, according to new results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This would represent the highest concentration of black holes anywhere in the Galaxy. Halving Daily Cigarette Quota Has No Health Benefit
Halving the number of cigarettes smoked every day in the belief that it will stave off an early death makes no difference, suggests research in Tobacco Control. Although reducing consumption may have a place as a temporary measure in smoking cessation, this study proves quite clearly that the only safe way out of the risk caused by smoking is to quit, say the authors. Could Iron Fertilization Of Oceans Combat Global Warming?
Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron into the oceans in order to "fertilize"the waters and promote vast blooms of marine plants (phytoplankton). Phytoplankton consume carbon dioxide as they grow, and this growth can be stimulated in certain ocean basins by the addition of iron, a necessary micronutrient. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...
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